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  • Cities Take on a New Front in the Climate Battle: Meat Eating

    Peter Yeung

    December 13, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: England, Hayward Heath

    A grassroots campaign to encourage more environmentally sustainable diets called the Plant Based Treaty is picking up support across the globe. Pledgers make their own decisions on how to best take action.

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  • Microfinance helps Indian women borrow – with dignity

    Annie Banerji

    December 12, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: India

    Microfinance institutions in India are providing low-cost loans to women in remote areas that typically only have access to loan sharks. The women are using the money to break poverty cycles and start their own businesses.

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  • The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

    Andy Kopsa

    December 12, 2022 |

    In These Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

    Theodore Roosevelt Highschool in Des Moines, Iowa, transitioned from employing armed school resource officers to a restorative practices team to prevent and mediate violence with proactive support instead of immediate punishment.

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  • The Working Approach, This Not-For-Profit Is Changing Out-of-School Incidence in Northern Nigeria

    Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi

    December 12, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

    Girlsforhealth helps girls interested in furthering their education who are unable to access a nursing education, pays for their school, and provides essentials and a monthly stipend. At the end of their education, the girls are employed at a workplace back in their communities to fill staff shortages.

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  • What Happens When Jobs Are Guaranteed?

    Nick Romeo

    December 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Austria, Gramatneusiedl

    The government-run Job Guarantee program in Gramatneusiedl, Austria, provides employment for residents who have experienced unemployment for at least a year. After a training course and discussion of their wants and needs, the person can choose to accept the offered job in which they will earn at least as much as they would receive from unemployment benefits.

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  • Twin Cities electric vehicle car-share program finds success

    Frank Jossi

    December 09, 2022 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Evie Community Carshare is an electric-vehicle service in areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, with high poverty and pollution rates. Users can pick up a car and leave it anywhere within the service area.

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  • How agroforestry can restore degraded lands and provide income in the Amazon

    Ignacio Amigo Sam Cowie Avener Prado

    December 09, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Nova Califórnia, Rondônia

    Agroforestry is a farming method in which a variety of crops, plants, and trees are planted mimicking the makeup of a forest. The practice is becoming more popular in Rondônia, Brazil, as a sustainable farming option to restore land degraded from livestock ranching while providing an income for small farmers.

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  • A Site That Safeguards Migrants' Educational Credentials

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    December 09, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Article 26 Backpack is an online storage platform refugees can upload academic transcripts, diplomas, and other important documents to. The platform safeguards the copies in case the originals cannot be kept and allows users to share them with universities and employers.

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  • Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash

    Samuel Ajala

    December 07, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Ecobarter is a startup in Nigeria that collects waste from communities and delivers it to recycling services. Individuals that deposit waste are paid in points based on weight and type of waste. The points can be converted into money, used to get health insurance, transferred to others, or used to shop at specific marketplaces.

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  • Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt saves a French dialect – and culture

    Rhyan du Peloux

    December 05, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Old Mines, Missouri

    Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt plays French Creole music, sings, and speaks in Missouri French to raise awareness about the language and culture no longer widely practiced in the region.

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